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History of Libreville

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It was the chief port of French Equatorial Africa from 1934 to 1946 and was the central focus of the Battle of Gabon in 1940.

Libreville was named in imitation of [Freetown]and grew only slowly as a trading post and a minor administrative centre to a population of 32,000 on independence in 1960. It only received its first bank branch when Bank of West Africa (BAO)opened a branch in 1930. Since independence, the city has grown rapidly and now houses nearly half the national population

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